Experience of racism as a correlate of developmental and health outcomes among urban adolescent mental health clients

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-260

  Surko, Michael ^a   Ciro, Dianne ^b   Blackwood, Caryl ^b   Nembhard, Michael ^b   Peake, Ken ^b  

^a Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center AHC   (United States)

^b AHC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Help seeking; Mental health; Race ethnicity; Racism; Risk factors; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444440784     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J200v03n03_02     Document Type: Review

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